Blacks Don't Read: Article by a Caucasian

Posted By: WILLIAM W. HEMMANS III on May 04, 2006

* I have not had the time to digest or read this article sent my way. I know plenty of folk here will have an opinion on this, look forward to joining You. Have to run, take care*

The article starts here:

BLACKS DON'T READ.

For those of you who heard it, this is the article Dee Lee was reading

this morning on a New York radio station. For those of you who didn't

hear it, this is very deep and true! BLACKS DON'T READ. This is a heavy

piece and a Caucasian wrote it.

THEY ARE STILL OUR SLAVES we can continue to reap profits from the

Blacks without the effort of physical slavery. Look at the current

methods of containment that they use on themselves: IGNORANCE, GREED,

and SELFISHNESS.

Their IGNORANCE is the primary weapon of containment. A great man once

said, 'The best way to hide something from Black people is to put it in

a book." We now live in the Information Age. They have gained the

opportunity to read any book on any subject through the efforts of

their fight for freedom, yet they refuse to read. There are numerous
books

readily available at Borders, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.com, not to

mention their own Black Bookstores that provide solid blueprints to

reach economic equality (which should have been their fight all along),

but few read consistently, if at all.

GREED is another powerful weapon of containment. Blacks, since the

abolition of slavery, have had large amounts of money at their

disposal.

Last year they spent 10 billion dollars during Christmas, out of Their

450 billion dollars in total yearly income (2.22%). Any of us can use

them as our target market, for any business venture we care to dream

up, no matter how outlandish, they will buy into it. Being primarily a

consumer people, they function totally by greed. They continually want

more, with little thought for saving or investing. They would rather

buy some new sneaker than invest in starting a business. Some even

neglect their children to have the latest Tommy or FUBU, and they still

think that having a Mercedes, and a big house gives them "Status" or

that they have achieved the American Dream. They are fools! The vast

majority of their people are still in poverty because their greed holds

them back from collectively making better communities.

With the help of

BET, and the rest of their black media that often broadcasts

destructive images into their own homes, we will continue to see huge !
profits

like those of Tommy and Nike. Tommy Hilfiger has even jeered them,
saying he

doesn't want their money, and look at how the fools spend more with him

than ever before). They'll continue to show off to each other while we

build solid communities with the profits from our businesses that we

market to them.

SELFISHNESS, ingrained in their minds through slavery, is one of the

Major ways we can continue to contain them. One of their own, Dubois

said that there was an innate division in their culture. A "Talented

Tenth" he called it. He was correct in his deduction that there are

segments of their culture that has achieved some "form" of success.

However, that segment missed the fullness of is work. They didn't read

that the "Talented Tenth" was then responsible to aid the Non-Talented

Ninety Percent in achieving a better life, Inste! ad, that segment has

created another class, a Buppie class that looks down on their people

or aids them in a condescending manner. They will never achieve what we

have. Their selfishness does not allow them to be able to work together

on any project or endeavor of substance. When they do get together,

their selfishness lets their egos get in the way of their goal. Their

so-called help organizations seem to only want to promote their name

without making any real change in their community. They are content to

sit in conferences and conventions in our hotels, and talk about what

they will do, while they award plaques to the best speakers, not the

best doers. Is there no end to their selfishness? They steadfastly

refuse to see that TOGETHER EACH ACHIEVES MORE (TEAM)! They do not

understand that they are no better than each other of what they own in

fact, most of those Buppies are but one or two paychecks away from

poverty. All of which is under the control of our pens in our offices

and our rooms. Yes, we will continue to contain them as long as they

refuse to read, continue to buy anything they want, and keep thinking

they are "helping" their communities by paying dues to organizations

which do little other than hold lavish conventions in our hotels. By

the way, don't worry about any of them reading this letter, remember,

THEY DON'T READ!!!! BLACKS DON'T READ"

Please Note: For those of you who heard it, this is the article Dee Lee

was reading this morning on a New York radio station. For those of you

who didn't hear it, this is very deep! BLACKS DON'T READ.

This is a heavy piece and a Caucasian wrote it.

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Blacks Don't Read: Article by a Caucasian

WILLIAM W. HEMMANS III
CRT 1st Response Case Manager, Mental Health Care,,
Florida A&M University class of 1995
Member Since February 2004

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Candice Johnson
Morris College class of 2005

I heard this. It seems he has too much time on his hands to focus on this. Why don't he stop degrading and be positively constructive. It's so sad to see this is going on. Yet again, we are still behind the veil as Dubois states. I hate to say, but this guy has a point to a certain extent, but we already know this, we don't need him pointing it out. if he really paid attention, then he would see that there are individuals making a positive difference. The only problem is that the media is not focusing on it. If the media focused on it, there might be an air of awareness that might lead to change. That's why I love MBC or the Black family channel which shows "the future of black america".

Thanks Will

Thursday, May 4th 2006 at 8:02PM

Isaac A. Artis, III
Hampton University class of 1997

IF you believe a caucasion wrote that I have some beach front property in Tn to sell you. This was written fron the inside to insight us to action. For the most part this is based in truth, and that is why is hurts so much.
Thursday, May 4th 2006 at 8:12PM

Shakisha Haskins

WOW, this is deep let me think about this for a min... and get back to you on my thoughts... in the mean time i will forward this message to every one i know!
Friday, May 5th 2006 at 12:10AM

Brieanna Samples-Wright
Howard University class of 2010

I think much of what this article says is true... many of the things discussed in this article are things that I have come to realize over the past year or so... not exactly that we are greedy and selfish, but rather misguided and uninformed. The media definitely has a lot to do with it. We are more consumed by our image and material things rather than education and long-term goals� of course this is not everyone, but the majority of today�s youth has not been taught the proper value system for the most part� I am also guilty of being overly materialistic, but I am trying to change that about myself and help spread the word to those around me� but whether you thinks this article is right or wrong, I think we can all agree that there is a problem, and it is our job to fix it� thanks for the info ~Brie~
Friday, May 5th 2006 at 12:52PM

SIE aka george simons
orderly at helping hands elder home care

INTERESTING.... U R DEEP MY BROTHER !!!!!!11
Monday, May 8th 2006 at 7:35PM

Isaac A. Artis, III
Hampton University class of 1997

Will no comment from you
what up with that
Monday, May 8th 2006 at 8:23PM